Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13170, Josiah Goldsmith, New Jersey

SERVICE
NUMBER
New Jersey
Goldsmith, Josiah
S. 13170
carded
CONTENTS
X 45

1301 New York
Josiah Goldsmith of Auburn in the State of New York who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Morris — of the Regt. commanded by Col. Mind — in the New Jersey line for 18 months.
Inscribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of — 60 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 31 day of Octo- ber 1832 — and sent to Hould
Arrears to 4th of Sept. 1832 $ 90. 00 Semi-ann. allowance ending 4 Mar '33. 30. 00 $120. 00
{ Revolutionary Claim, } { Not June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by Geo. C. Hiles Clerk. Book D Vol. 5 Page 92
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State of New York Cayuga County ss On this Sixteenth day of June A D 1832 before me the Subscriber first judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Cayuga and State aforesaid person- ally appears Josiah Goldsmith aged eighty two years resident in the town of Auburn in the said County of Cayuga & State aforesaid who being by me first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by a late act of Congress entitled "An act supplementary to the "Act for the relief of certain surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution". That he the said Josiah Gold- smith enlisted in the town of Mendham in the County of Morris in the State of New Jersey in the Company commanded by Captain Joseph Morris in Col William Winds, Regiment in the month of October A D 1775 that he continued to serve in said Corps in the service of the United States until the month of November in the year 1776 when he was discharged at in Morris County in the State of New Jersey aforesaid. He further declares that he again enlisted in the town of Men- dham in the County of Morris in the State of New Jersey in the Company commanded by Captain John Bigelow in Col Jacob Drake, Regiment in the month of November A D 1776 that he continued to serve in said Corps until the month of May A D 1777 being a term of six months when he was discharged from said service at Morris County in the State of New Jersey that during said term he was in the battle of Springfield in the County of Essex in the State of New Jersey. He further declares

that after the time last aforesaid he served in the militia, more than  in the whole of the State of New Jersey more than one year, in monthly tours such monthly tours continuing at intervals until the close of the war. He further declared that he has no other evidence of his said services than the foregoing except the affidavits of Moses Lindlay, Josiah Beeman, Stephen Hunt and David Hunt, now on the files of the War Department in the Pension office at the City of Washington.
Sworn to and declared before me } Josiah Goldsmith the day & year first aforesaid }
J. L. Richardson first Judge of Pleas.
I Josiph L Richardson first Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Cayuga & State of New York do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Josiah Goldsmith did serve in the Revolutionary War as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy, and I now transmit the proceedings and testimony taken & had before me to the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress. Dated June 16 th 1832
J. L. Richardson
State of New York } Cayuga County } ss I Michael S Myers Clerk of the  Said Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Cayuga and State aforesaid do certify that

Joseph L Richardson before whom the foregoing declarations were made and by whom the foregoing certificate was made was on the day of the date thereof and still is the first Judge of said Court duly commissioned & sworn and that full faith and credit are to be given to his acts in that capacity. I further certify that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of the said Judge and know his signature to the foregoing declarations and certificate to be genuine. In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed the seal of said Court and subscribed my name this 19th day of June A D 1832.
M. L. Myers

Josiah Goldsmith No 220
Pension Papers
Served 2 years & 7 months

District of Columbia Washington County ss On this 10 th day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty one personally appear- ed in open Court, being a Court of record for the District of Columbia Josiah Goldsmith aged seventy years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath, make the following declaration, in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th March 1818, and the 1 st May, 1820, that he, the said Josiah Goldsmith enlisted, for the term of one year, on or about the day of November in the year one thousand seven- hundred and seventy five in the State of New Jersey in the company commanded by Captain John Huntington in the regiment command- ed by Colonel Wm Alexander Stirling in the service of the State of New Jersey on the continental establishment; that he continued to serve in the said Corps until June nineteen hundred sever seventy, when he was discharged from the said service in Elizabethtown in the State of New Jersey —
That he was in the battles of Springfield Hackensack - Second River & Elizabethtown point and that he has no other evidence, now in his power, of his said services except the

the affidavits of Moses Lundy & Sarah Beman which are hereto annexed
And in pursuance of the Act of the 18th March 1820 I do solemnly swear that I was a resident Citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818; and that I have not since that time by gift, sale, or in any manner, disposed of any pro- perty, or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress, entitled "An Act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land & Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary war" passed on the 18th day of March 1818, and that I have not, nor has any person in trust for me, any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me; nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed & by me subscribed —
Sworn to & declared on the seventh day of January 1821 before me in open court.
Test W m Brent Clk
I William Brent Clerk of the Circuit Court for Washington County in the District of Columbia do hereby certify that the foregoing oath & the schedule hereto an- nected, are truly copied from the records.

Posiah Goldsmith application to be put on pension
Roll —————

Josiah Goldsmith Schedule of property —

of the said Court and I do certify that it is the opinion of the said Court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the aforesaid Schedule is as in the schedule therein mentioned
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, & affixed the seal of the said Court on this 16th day of January 1821 - Wm Brent CR
The amount of my property as now as I can make an Estimate in the State of New York and County of Rensselaer one Bond against Ruben Dean one Hundred Dollars with a Little interest Due thereon which I have left with my friends to be Collected altho Dean is poor man I Expect it will Be Collected also the sum of twenty Dollars on Book against D Dean that I may get in time I Have likewise sixty Dollars Due to me in the County of Seneca Seneca and State aforesaid on Book which I Hope to get in the City of Washington where I have a Residence one Due Bill on Mr Robert Miller a Carpenter in this City of twenty Dollars also an unsettled account against Nathan Cutting Esq I Expect a few Dollars Due me I am a Carpenter By Trade But Being Now

I Have likewise sixty Dollars Due to me in the County of Seneca and State aforesaid on Book which I Hope to get in the City Washington where I have a Residence one Due Bill on Mr Robert Miller a Carpenter in this City of twenty Dollars also an unsettled account against Nathan Cutting Esq I expect a few Dollars Due me
I am a Carpenter By Trade But Being a New almost seventyone years old and am Subject to Complaint Common to old age so that it can not be expected that I can By Labour maintain myself as well as a man of my age and Conduct in life is justly Entitled to - in Regard to my personal property in this City I Have in my possession ten Dollars worth of Carpenter's Tools also an old watch worth five Dollars
The above Estimate is as near as I can give of the property that I can Call my own I Have not one foot of Land on Earth nor no Companion to Comfort and assist me in the toils of life But Have three Children and upwards of twenty Grand Children and some of them look to me for Help as witness my Hand Joseph Goldsmith City Washington January 15 1821

WAR DEPARTMENT,
Pension Office,
June 5 1833
Sir:
The evidence in support of your claim, under the act of June 7, 1832, has been examined, and the papers are herewith returned. The following is a statement of your case in a tabular form. On comparing these papers with the following rules, and the subjoined notes, you will readily perceive that objections exist, which must be removed, before a pension can be allowed. The notes and the regulations will shew what is necessary to be done. Those points to which your attention is more particularly directed, you will find marked in the margin with a brace, (thus: { ). You will, when you return your papers to this Department, send this printed letter with them; and you will, by complying with this request, greatly facilitate the investigation of your claim.
A Statement, shewing the Service of Josiah Goldsmith Cayuga County New York
   Period when the service was rendered. Duration of the claimant's service. Rank of the claimant. Names and rank of the Field officers under whom he served. Age at present, and place of abode when he entered the service. Proof by which the declaration is supported.   Years. Months. Days.     Entered Apr 1775 minute min Col. Washington Col. Huntington 83 years Hudson Traditional evidence, Witness certified   Enlisted Oct 1775 1 - - private Comd by Col. Sterling & William Nides Albany credible by the Judge; but he does not certify the claimant, who has given a certificate, to be such the papers not properly attached   Entered Feb 1776 - 6 - private Col. Bigelow & Williamson State of NY   Served 1777 not stated - - - - -   The applicant states that he served more than four years but gives no precise periods or dates, except as above.  
I am, respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
J. L. EDWARDS, Commissioner of Pensions.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE ACT OF JUNE 7, 1832.
The following regulations have been adopted:
This law has been construed to extend, as well to the line, as to every branch of the Staff of the Army, and to include under the terms "Continental Line," "State troops," "militia," and "volunteers," all persons enlisted, drafted, or who volunteered and who were bound to military service, but not those who were occasionally employed with the army upon civil contracts, such as Clerks to Commissaries and to Store Keepers, &c., Teamsters, Boatmen, &c. Persons who served on board of private armed vessels are also excluded from the benefits of the law, as well as persons who turned out as patrols, or were engaged in guarding particular places at night, and were not recognized as being in actual military service.
Four general classes of cases are embraced in this law:
 1. The Regular Troops.  2. The State Troops, Militia, and Volunteers.  3. Persons employed in the Naval Service.  4. Indian Spies. 
As rolls of the regular troops in the Revolutionary War exist in this Department, all persons claiming the benefit of this law as officers, non-commissioned officers, musicians or privates, will, in the first instance, make application by transmitting the following declaration, which will be made before a Court of Record of the County where such applicant resides. And every Court having by law a seal and Clerk is considered a Court of Record.
DECLARATION,
In order to obtain the benefit of the Act of Congress of the 7th of June, 1832.
State, Territory, or District of } ss. County of }
On this day of personally appeared (a) before A. B. a resident (b) of in the county of and State, Territory or District of aged (c) years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress, passed June 7th, 1832. That he enlisted in the Army of the United States in the year (d), with and served in the (e) regiment of the line, under the following named officers:
[Here set forth the names and rank of the Field and Company Officers; the time he left the service; (and if he served under more than one term of enlistment, he must specify the particular period, and rank and names of his officers;) the town or county and State in which he resided when he entered the service; the battles, if any, in which he was engaged, and the country through which he marched. [This form is to be varied so as to apply to the cases of officers and persons who belonged to the militia, volunteers, navy, &c.]
He hereby relinquishes every claim (f) whatever to a pension or an annuity, except the present, and he declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any Agency in any State, or (if any) only on that of the Agency in the State of
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid.
A. B.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion (g) that the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states.
I of the Court of do hereby certify (h) that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office (i) this day of &c.
If, on examination of the proper record, the names of applicants, making such declaration, cannot be found, they will produce such proof as the rule given in note (j) points out.
Every applicant who claims a pension by virtue of service in the State Troops, Volunteers or Militia, except those who belonged to the New Hampshire Militia and State Troops of Virginia, will make and subscribe a declaration similar to the foregoing, with the following additions, viz:
(k) We, A. B., a Clergyman, residing in the and C. D. residing in (the same) hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with , who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed the days and year aforesaid.
[And then will follow the certificate of the Court.]
And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary Soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that A. B. who has signed the preceding certificate is a clergyman, resident in the and that C. D., who has also signed the same is a resident in the and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit.
I, Clerk of the Court of do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court, in the matter of the application of for a pension.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office, this day of &c.
Every applicant will produce the best proof in his power. This is the original discharge or commission; but if neither of these can be obtained, the party will so state under oath, and will then procure, if possible, the testimony of at least one credible witness, stating in detail his personal knowledge of the services of the applicant, and such circumstances connected therewith, as may have a tendency to throw light upon the transaction.
If such surviving witness cannot be found, the applicant will so state in his declaration, (l) and he will also, whether he produce such evidence or not, proceed to relate all the material facts, which can be useful in the investigation of his claim, and in the comparison of his narrative with the events of the period of his alleged service, as they are known at the Department. A very full account of the services of each person
There are numerous applicants for pensions who served under the same officers but the same period mentioned by others.

State of New York Butler Co. ss;
Personally appeared before me Thomas Smith one of the Justices of the Peace in & for the said County. I, Josiah Beeman of Phelps in said County to me personally known who being duly sworn deposes & says - that he was personally acquainted with Josiah Goldsmith of the town of Mendham in the County of Morris & State of New Jersey in the year seventeen hundred & seventy five & since that time & further this deponent saith that in the said year last mentioned he performed duty with the said Josiah Goldsmith in Capt. John Huntingtons Company as a recruiting officer for the American Army in the Revolutionary war & this deponent further saith that according to the best of his knowledge recollection & belief the said Josiah Goldsmith enlisted then in Col. Windsors Regiment in the fall of seventeen hundred & seventy five & did duty in the said Regiment until the close of the said war and the deponent further saith that he served in Col. Dayton's Regiment in the fall of 1776 at Trenton & in the same Brigade with Col. Wainwright's Regiment & will now admit that the term of service of the men belonging to Wainwright's Regiment expired that fall - Josiah Beeman
Sworn and subscribed this 19. day of June 1820 before me
Thos. Smith Justice Peace

State of New York Ontario County }
In testimony that Thomas Smith whose signature appears to the within certificate and which I know to be his proper hand writing was on the day of the date of the same a Justice of the Peace in and for said County duly commissioned and sworn I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said County this Nineteenth day of July in the year of our Lord one Thousand Eight hundred and Twenty
John Van Fossen Clerk

Beemans affidavit in favor of Goldsmith
Ms. A. 9. 2. 20 p. 11

Moses Lindly's Affidavit

State of New York
Tompkins County ss: Moses Lindly being duly sworn says that he was well acquainted with Isaiah Goldsmith before the Revolutionary war & well knows that the said Isaiah Enlisted In the year 1775 for one year that he was Enlisted by Captain John Huntington & that he the said Isaiah served the term of his enlistment as a master to Col. William Myncks of the first New Jersey Regiment and against the common Enemy and that he was a faithful soldier, and that this is not interested in the Event of this application & further saith not Moses Lindly
State of New York
County of Tompkins ss I do certify that Moses Lindly named in the above Affidavit who signed the same Cause before me & made oath thereto I further certify that I am acquainted with him / that he is a credible witness Aug 12. 1819
Edmund G. Pelton Comm: Pe
State of New York Tompkins County ss
ss. J. George Frost, Deputy Clerk of said County do certify that Edmund G. Pelton Esq. before whom the above affidavit was taken was on the date thereof a commissioner in law for said County duly commissioned and sworn according to law to take affidavits and the proof and acknowledgements of Deeds &c. and
further that I am acquainted with the hand-writing of the said commissioner and very believe the signature Edmund G. Pelton, to be his own proper hand writing. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my name and afixed the seal of the said County this 11th day of August 1819. Geo. Frost Deputy Clerk

State of New York Seneca County
Joseph Lacy of Romulus in the County of Seneca and State of New York farmer being duly sworn deposes and saith that he is fifty five years of age that he well remem- bers before and since the Revolutionary war with great Brillain and that he lived with the Colonel William Miers about five years during the said war in the Town of Mendon in the County of Morris in the State of New Jersey and at that time he knew Jonah Goldsmith the person making application for a pension that he has known him ever since the Revolutionary war that the said Jonah Goldsmith enlisted as a soldier in said Colonel William Miers Regiment for the term of one year as this deponent is satisfied and firmly believes to be true and that the said Jonah Goldsmith served in said Regiment for & during the term of one year as this deponent firmly believes Dated July 7 th 1821-
Joseph Lacy
I do hereby certify that Joseph Lacy appeared before me Thomas Osborn Esquire one of the Justices of the peace of the County of Seneca & made oath that the facts contained in the above deposition is true the 7 th day of July 1821 - and that I am personally acquainted with the said Joseph Lacy -
Thos Osborn J P

State of New York. Seneca County Clerks Office G. I certify that Thomas Osburn Esquire, whose hand writing I am acquainted with and whose signature appears to the within certificate of the within affidavit, in his own proper hand writing as I verily believe was at the time of the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace in and for Seneca County, duly commissioned, sworn and authorized by law to take the same affidavit, acting under the authority of this State. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Court of common Pleas in & for said County this Ninth day of July 1821.
Elial Jencker Dep. Clk.

Josiah Goldsmith Oct 1818
Jersey line
13 170
Major Kinney Remarks

This may certify, Josiah Goldsmith shew me a letter written by Lt Edwards of the Pension Office, setting forth, no person by the name of John Huntington was registered as a Captain in the Jersey line of the Army, which I presume is correct, I presume the mistake of Goldsmith setting him forth as a recruiting Officer originated from Huntington's commanding a Company of Minut Men at the time Col. Wenss's Regiment was raised.
I was personally acquainted with Captain John Huntington who was an active, spirited Whig, and in high standing, used all the Influence he had in ading and persuading men to join the Standard of their Country, he at that time was an active man, owned Iron Works, had a large growing young family which  which he could not leave with propriety, or he might have had a Captancy in Wenss's Regiment which I heard at the time was offered him, and from the above circumstances Goldsmith might have supposed him a recruiting Officer
Wm. P. Kinney 30 th of August 1825

Kind Sir
in answering your letter of the 7 instant I must inform you that the Disclerasion called for is in the office at Washington according to your letter signed with your own Hand dated June 18 1823 and sent to Mr. E. G. Peltor you then said my pension could not be allowed But the papers will remain on file in office agreeably to the Regulations of this Department March 14 1821 Mr. Calhoun told me the Clerk of the pension office would give my papers if awarded them you then gave me my papers as you may well remember the Hard Dispute I had with Col General Bloomfield as he said my papers was Not correct I then Returned to York state and got more evidence and made a New Disclerasion I think that is the one that you call the original Sir Do Be so Considerate and kind as to not put me to any more trouble But allow me an adision so as to make me comfortable the short time I have to live as I am 84 years old wanting twenty days
No more at present But still remain your old farm and wife brother
To J. L. Edwards Josiah Goldsmith
auburn march 12 1834

Cayuga County ss Joseph Goldsmith personally appeared before me John Brown a Justice of the Peace of the Town of Auburn of the said County who being duly sworn according to law saith that he entered the service of the United States in the month of April 1775 in Company Com- manded by Capt John Huntington at Men- den Morris County in the State of New- Jersey called Mount Morris and served six months. Then enlisted in a regiment then commanded by Lord Sterling and after words by William Winder and served one year. In the fall of 76 he entered into Com- pany commanded by Col. John Brigidon for six months and served that time and served Morthley's Troops from that time some times two months and some times one until the year 1781 he left the States by reason of old age and consequent loss of memory being now almost 84 years old cannot fully recollect the all time or periods of his service but it is no less than is set forth in his this and the several declarations sworn to and subscribed the 6th day of November 1833 before me Joseph Goldsmith John Brown Justice of the Peace I certify that Joseph Goldsmith who has sworn to the above declaration is a man of truth & veracity John Brown Justice

State of New York Cayuga County Clerk's office
I certify that John Grover Esq. was at the time of taking the within af- fidavit, a justice of the Peace of said Coun- ty; and I am well acquainted with his hand writing & verily believe his signa- ture subscribed to said affidavit & to the cer- tificate accompanying the same, to be genuine the seal of said County. this sixth day of
Witness my hand November A.D. 1833
A. L. Millard Dep. Clerk

Josiah Goldsmith
Windsor Regiment was raised till after Oct. 1777.
There was no Officer in the New Jersey Line named Huntington.
The name of the applicant is not on the roll.
This claim cannot be admitted with a certificate of service of the applicant, nor any other document.

State of New York } I Ichiel H. Halsey Deputy Clerk Seneca Clerk's Office p:
of Seneca County in said State do certify that John Sayre Esq. whose name appears to the annexed declaration, was, on the 17 th day of August Inst. a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of the said County of Seneca acting under the authority of this State, that I am well acquainted with his hand writing and ver- ly believe the signatures to the certificates of the said Declaration to be the proper hand writing of the said John Sayre Esq. In testimony whereof, I have here unto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this 19 th day of August 1818 —
I. H. Halsey

New York Rev.
Isaiah Goldsmith Suspended for Original Deed & see let to claims of Nov. 1834
See letter to do. 24 Dec. 1834
Act of June '32

Reo hays
13170 INVALID.
File No. 13. 170
Josiah Goldsmith Rev. Boer War
Act: June 7 th 1832
Index:—Vol. 1 , Page 146
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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Rejected, 1 st time on acc t of property. - 2 o time on acc t of service. See letters dated March 14 th 1821 - & 18 th June 1823. The former to Goldsmith, the latter to E. G. Pelton.
See letter Jan'y 25 1820 to Mr. G. Brown
Goldsmith is now in the state of N. York. He was a resident of Washington, 2 or 3 years since.
June 18. 1823.

District of Columbia Washington County } Personally appears before me this day in open Court Leicester Sir Patrick Finishes oath in due form of law, that from his acquaintance of Josiah Goldsmith the petitioner, from his knowledge of his character, that he does verily believe that the schedule of property sworn to by said Goldsmith & annexed to his petition is correct -
Sworn to in open Court Test William Brent Clerk

Josiah Goldsmith
7 Feby 1834
JS

War Dept
Pension off
Feb 5/34
Sir
The printed brief in your case & your supplemental deposition accompanying same of 23 ult have been rec d and your claim suspended until you return to this office the original declaration which it appears to have been your intention to have forwarded with the add l papers —
act g Q.M.
Josiah Goldsmith esq d Auburn N.Y.

4220
Isaac Goldsmith
admitted for 18 months
Geo
Algon auburn New York

BRIEF in the case of  Josiah Goldsmith  of  Albany  in the State of  New York  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
 Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? a Judge. Com pleas Court  If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?  How old is he? Eighty two years  State his service, as directed in the form annexed. 
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 1775 Oct 7 - to Nov 1776 1 private Gen. Capt Jos Morris Col Coeur Windy Regt.   In 1776 Nov to May 1777 6 Capt John Bigelow Lt Jacob Drake, Regt.   Mil. N.Y. - annexed 1  
 In what battles was he engaged? Springfield. N Jersey.  Where did he reside when he entered the service? Mendham. N Jersey.  Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? neither. but refer to evidence of his service on file in the War Office by affidavits of Henry Lindsay, Joseph Burman, Stephen Hunt, & David Hunt.  Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? 
X Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
D. Rich Examining Clerk.

Rev. J. G. Baldwin
Ithaca N. Y. Feb 3 d 1823
Sir Herewith enclosed I send the Draft Schedule of Josiah Goldsmith to Obtain his Pension - Mr. Goldsmith informs me that his Declaration & other Papers are in the War Office. He also informs me that he made a schedule in Washington about one year ago & that the Sec. of War thought his schedule too large to admit of a Pension. Since which time a waggon & horses ran over him & so completely crippled him that he is unable to labour he being of the advanced age of 72 years. By means of his illness his mind is considerably impaired & he does not know that his Schedule & oath will exactly agree with his Declaration. He is very needy & if it is consistent to allow him a Pension you will confer a great favor on a needy old soldier.
I am Sir your Respectful Servt.
Edmund G. Pilton

Honored Sir
I have to inform you that I have agreed with Judge Grover and Son to assist me to get my Pension as I am an old man and Not able to come down to attend to it myself therefore kind Sir to Consider my situation and send my Certificate to Judge Grover's office at Auburn to Solomon Grover so that I can get my pension paid in September if possible - as I am well satisfied that witnesses that the Have sent forward are as good and there- Testimony is as Clear to the purpose as many others that Have Had their pension paid them and farther I can say that Several well informed men in - Washington also in York State think I ought to have my pension paid to me without Hesitation or for- Delay and I am so well known in Washington and at the War office for my industry Honesty and Soberity that they need No longer Doubt But Help me in the age from your faithful friend and Humble servant Isaac Goldsmith
To Mr Edwards
August 2 1821 at Auburn Village

Josiah Goldsmith
Jan. 23. 1834
for James L Edwards Esq. at the Pension Office at Washington for Mr. Zuer Rec d 21 st Jan y 1834

Print Sir
you have sent back my last Declaration and want more Proof I am willing to satisfy the Board of War with all the proof and information that is in my power But I think you put me to more Expense and trouble than you Need to do its Not in my power to make more proof as I am Not able to go to New Jersey after old soldiers my Humble Request is for you make me full pay for my services according to the Law of 1832 with out further proof I want you to Consider age and circumstances in life and allow an addition to my Pension By the fourth of march This from your old friend and Humble servant Josiah Goldsmith Atiburn January the 23 1834 To James L Edwards Esq

Josiah Goldsmith
admitted 31 Oct. 1835
for the Honorable former & Esquire one of the Chief Clerks in the pension office at the City Washington District of Columbia
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Honored Sir
I think it's my Duty to inform the Board of War and you in particular that I have not had justice done me in regard to my pension as having exhibited my claim near thirty years ago with two credible witnesses, sworn by the proper authority of the state of New York with my own Declaration of services in a Continental Regiment for one year commanded by Lord Sterling and William Minges and served one year faithfully out and have made some additional evidence since and all to no purpose in May 1830 was sent a decision made in open Court at Auburn the documents were sent back and was not received favorably as not being satisfactory since the new act was past there has been a declaration made before Judge Richardson of Auburn - and now we have new instructions to go into open court and exhibit two credible witnesses one a Clergyman that they are well acquainted with the soldier and their testimony in favor of his character and services one week ago I called on Doctor C Reidel a minister in good standing in Auburn likewise another man and they agreed to assist me to get a pension - five days ago Mr Cannon Gould a lawyer in Auburn called on me and asked me if I would expect of 50 Back pay and forty dollars the 4 of September and forty more annually during life - I was struck with amazement He endeavored to explain the matter by saying the Board of War had allowed that one years services was proved and they could not

allow me any more as that was the proportion according to the late act I think. it's cruel and unjust to turn me off with less than Half what was allowed the nine months and years men - By the law of 1800-18 - if the Board of War can't allow me some more Relief if I am alive at the Next setting of Congress and Report the Whole matter to them and see if they will be willing to allow me more Relief as I am indebt for my Board more than 50 Dollars and Have no interest to depend for support am Near 93 years old my Health very infirm 40 dollars a year Will not support me with Bread meat and Cloathing the Board of War can Consider this Letter and pity an old soldier that served his Country through the Bloody Conflict for Independence and is still alive to see the Country enjoy great prosperity and wants Nothing more than the Common Comforts of Life with his friends this from your old friend and well-wisher Mr J L Edwards                      Josiah Goddard July 29-1832 in auburn
of the 40 N.B. Sir I except of the amount of 9 as a part of 96 Dollars given By the act of 1818

Exelency To His Andrew Jackson President of the United States at Washington City
FREE

Referred to the Secretary of War with this remark If the testimony beings of  the within the pale let it be granted - his days must be nearly numbered, & he ought of right to be sold out of the republic to be fed until death A.S.

Kind Sir altho a stranger to you personally I shall Now appeal to you as a friend to Humanity and to the cause of the old Soldier of seventy six the time that tryed men's souls the Difficulty with me is plainly this I want my - pension as a soldier of the Revolutionary War as I - enlisted and served one full year in a Regiment Raised By Lord Sterling and William Windes Esqr of New Jersey the first men Raised in that state to Defend the frontiers I enlisted as a Soldier at the House of Lord Windes as he was Lieutenant Colonel of the 2d Regiment and He Being then an old man and - Wanted assistance in Raising men I at that time was a near Neighbor to him He called on me to Help him in the Business of the Regiment and was made an orderly sergeant and waited on my old Colonel During the year But Continued to carry my gun and other accoutrements as a soldier tho seldom - pervaded in any Company as Colonel Windes kept me - other ways employd Early in seventysix He got his - Comission and we Began to Raise men in the fall and so Continued thro the winter and in the - spring of 76 the Regiment mustered in the City of New York with expectation to Be stationed on - Long Island But Lord Sterling was made a Brigadier general and Windes Head of the Regiment and ordered to Canada and Did embark and took the Regiment to alboney By water in may -

Sir
The order to Canada was so sudden and unexpected to the old Colonel as he when he entered the service Expected to Be stationed Near New York so as to Be near Home as he Had a Large farm and only. Hired Hands to depend on as he Had no Children He concluded he Had a right to leave me Behind and Help the Recruiting service that was then a Raising to guard New York and the frontiers of New Jersey and Likewise to Hold a correspondence with him untill he should send for me But he thought it was Best for me to Continue and Do Duty on the frontier as it was Expected that the enemy would attack New York soon as they Did in July come into York Bay a large British fleet and landed an army on Staten Island and I Continued to Duty on the Lines untill November was at Elizabeth town point when general Washingtons army Retreated from the White Plains to Delaware River and the Brigade I Belonged to was ordered Back to Morris town and guard the frontier and guard the enemy plundering parts - and I did Duty on the lines with all winter and was in several engagements with the enemy and serving my Country faithfully as a military man untill the End of the war

and Now Sir
Concerning my pension I Have proved my Enlist- ment and services one full year By Credable witnesses and have done all the Law Reguis of me yet the excuse at the pension office is old general Bloomfield opinion was that my own Declaration and also the Examiners was not Correct and so overruled the Business that I never yet Received a pension and Now if old general Jackson Will Be so kind as to Consider my situation and Help me to a pen- sion Will done at the age of Eighty a great good as I am unable to Earn my living and nothing to support me But a few old Debts that is Hard to Be Collected — —
With much Respect I subscribe my self your Real friend and well Wisher — a ry auburn, february      Josiah Goldsmith the 16-1830

State of New York County of Seneca ss: On this 17 th day of July August 1818 before me the undersigned one of the judges of the court of Common Pleas in and for the said County of Seneca personally appear Josiah Goldsmith aged sixty eight years the true day of March last past, resident in the town of Fayette in the said County of Seneca who being by me first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the late act of Congress entitled "An act, to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the revolutionary war."
That the said Josiah Goldsmith in the month of October in the year 1775 enlisted in the service of the United States at the town of Renddon in the County of Morris and State of New Jersey in the company commanded by Captain John Burdington in Colonel William Wits's Regiment for the term of one year That the said Josiah Goldsmith continued to serve in said corps in the service of the United States in the capacity of a private for part of the time and part of the time as a sergeant until the month of June in the year 1777 when (although the time for which he enlisted had expired in October 1776) when he was discharged

gid at Elizabeth town in the State of New Jersey aforesaid - That he was in the Battle at Springfield New Jersey at a skirmish at Elizabeth town point in one of at Hackensack and and in one at Second River in the said State - That he is reduced in circumstances and stands in need of the assistance of his country for support, and that he has no other means of procuring his portion of his said ser- vices - I hereby certify and declare before me this day and year above mentioned John Sayre
I John Sayre the judge as aforesaid do certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said Josiah Goldsmith did serve in the revolutionary war as stated in the preceding declaration against the common enemy - And I do further certify that from the testimony of Ezra Horton of Sayville aforesaid it appears to my entire satisfaction that the said Josiah Goldsmith is in reduced circumstances stands in need of the assistance of his country for support - and I now transmit the testimony and proceedings taken here before me to the Secretary for the department of War pursuant to the directions of the aforementioned act of Congress - Dated July 17th 1885 John Sayre

United New York, On the thirtieth day of January 1823 personally Tompkins County ss: appeared no John Gould, being a native of Common Pleas of Seneca County and a native of Seneca with power to sue, by and to determine all actions, suits, pleas and inquests and possessing other powers. Testeth. Gouldsmith the aged twenty two years, on the tenth day of March last incident in the Village of Waterloo in Seneca County of Tompkins, who being duly first duly sworn according to law, doth out his open dis- closed that he served in the Revolutionary War as follows: that he enlisted in October or November 1775 in Albany County New Jersey, under Lieut. Col. Wynants in Lord Stirling's Regiment as a private to serve one year. That he continued in the service of the United States on the Continental establishment one year and was honorably discharged in October or No- vember 1776; that he made his Declaration to obtain a pen- sion in the months of August 1818 as he believes, which said Declaration now remains on file in the Office of the Sec- retary of War. — And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the 18 th day of March 1818, and that I have not since that time by gift, sale or in any manner disposal of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby to dis- qualify or to limit myself within the provisions of the act of Congress entitled "An act to provide for certain persons engaged in the Land and Naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary War passed on the 18 th day of March 1818, and that the act I have not now have any pension in trust for me any property or securities, contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than the sum which is contained in the schedule hereto annexed. As and by me subscribed. — That in the Winter of 1821 this deponent made a schedule of his property in the City of Washington, a certified copy of which is in the Office of the Secretary of War, since which

time he had the misfortune to have a Span of Horses and a waggon run over him which so disabled him that he has not been able to do any thing for his support, and that he is now under effects to con- tinue insolvent to creditors. In consequence of which insolvency and his advanced age he has been com- pelled to make use of the little property mention- ed in his schedule, except fifty Dollars in notes which the assignees has not as yet been able to collect. That he is unable to support him- self without the assistance of a pension or public or private charity, that he is now considerably in debt for his support. Josiah Goldsmith
Subscribed before me and sworn to in Open Court January 30 th 1823 Richard Smith
Value of said property at Fifty Dollars
First Judge of Tompkins County
State of New York } Miles Finch Deputy Clerk of said Tompkins County } County, and Deputy Clerk of the Clerk's Office } Court of Common Pleas in and for the said County do hereby certify that the foregoing oath and the schedule there- to annexed are truly copies from the records of the said Court: And I do fur- ther certify, that it is the opinion of the said Court, that the total amount in value of the property or notes exhib- ited in the aforesaid schedule or state- ment of notes is fifty Dollars. In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court this First Day of February, 1823. Miles Finch

Declaration of Service —
Declaration

Declaration
Hebrews of Jews —

To all who it may concern know ye that I Goshen Goldsmith then living in the town of Mendon County of Morris and State of New Jersey in the fall of seventeen hundred and sixty five did actually Enlist at the House of Lieutenant Colonel William Wines in the Regiment Commanded By Lord Stirling for one year in the war with Great Britain and continued to serve in the Regiment with Wines untill June seventy seven and did duty under John Huntington as a recruiting officer for the war likewise was on the lines with Captain Morris and Meeker But Bound in duty to obey Colonel Wines as a visitor did not attend Company musters very often But I was with the Regiment in New York and on Long Island when Lord Stirling was made Brigadier General and Wines Colonel of the Regiment and ordered to Canada and embarked for Albany in May or June and returned in the fall of seventy six having part of His time most at that time and the winter following as it was some months in raising - meantime Wines considering me at His disposal as to the service and gave me direction and ordered me to on the lines and help the recruiting service and wait His return from the North as He disapproved of the Canada expedition after His return I attended His subsequent war in several Battle with Him - at Springfield Hackensack Second River and Elizabethtown point and several skirmishes etc where I was on duty at Elizabethtown point when General Washington retreated from the White Plains continued with Him through Jersey with the British army at our heels When He crossed the Delaware He ordered a Brigade to march to Morris town to guard the stores and man the lines along Jersey to check the Enemy foraging and plundering party where I continued to service Country untill June seventy seven and afterwards on alarms untill the end of the war so I think I am a man that deserves well of my Country I am now upwards of seventy years of age and have got no free Hold property and But a little personal property

I am also willing to comply with the law of last  may  2nd  July Required Done at auburn - Josiah Goldsmith
Sworn & Subscribed before me this 16 th day of August 1828 John Grover Judge of Cayuga Com. Pleas
STATE OF NEW-YORK, } Cayuga County. }
I CERTIFY THAT John Grover was on the day of date of the certificate of Josiah Goldsmith of the annexed the Court Judge of Cayuga Common Pleas was a
in and for the County of Cayuga, duly commissioned and sworn as such _____ and that full faith and credit are to be given to his acts in that capacity. I FURTHER CERTIFY, that I am well acquainted with the hand-writing of the said John Grover and verily believe the signature to the annexed Declaration to be his.
IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto affixed the seal of the Court of Common Pleas of said County, and my name subscribed, this twenty eighth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty
James Grover Clerk P. A. Ward